What Is Coming Of Age In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout is a strong, tough, tomboy who develops a lot through this story. To Kill a Mockingbird is a story written by Harper Lee, following the story of the two siblings Scout and Jem. Growing up in the small town of Maycomb Alabama, Scout and Jem have many adventures as they both grow up and mature. Scout goes through many coming of age experiences through conflict, foreshadowing, and setting. One example of scout coming of age is in the school yard where a classmate was harassing Scout. With help from authoritative figures in her life, she will overcome challenges. Throughout the story scout has a lot of physical and emotional conflict with people. “My fist were clenched and I was ready to let fly”(pg.85). This scene was significant because a classmate named Cecil Jacobs was harassing Scout for her father Atticus for defending a African American man named Tom Robinson for Raping a white …show more content…
One example of Foreshadowing was when Cecil Jacobs yelled at Scout “you can just take that black boy!” (pg 85). In this scene Cecil was yelling at scout. This made the reader feel tension and suspense. In this scene there it made it seem like Scout was going to fight Cecil. Thankfully, Scout had no physical contact with Cecil. Even know scout was upset at him, she controlled her actions. This is one of many Foreshadowing scenes in the story. In addition of foreshadowing and conflict comes setting. The setting is a school that scout attends in Maycomb Alabama. The reader knows this because (pg. 85) sates “ He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scouts daddy defends niggers”. This took place in the schoolyard when Scout got upset with Cecil. The environment in this scene made scout control her actions because this incident was at